1:23 AM,
Jan. 7, 2014

Mississippi State guard Craig Sword dunks. Sword is 10th in the SEC in shooting percentage.

Written by

Michael Bonner
mbonner@jackson.gannett.com

Each practice ends with 200 jumpers for Craig Sword - 100 inside the 3-point line and 100 more outside. Despite ranking 10th in the Southeastern Conference in shooting, the Mississippi State shooting guard has only begun to see the fruits of that labor.

Sword is shooting 57.1 from the field this season, yet 43 of his 72 buckets have been layups or dunks. Only three came from beyond 3-point range.

"That's the one thing about it, he hasn't shot the ball very much," MSU coach Rick Ray said. "That's the thing that's helping his field goal percentage more than anything. He's a guy that's found a way to ...